Principal - School No. 46 - Austin Steward ES

RCSD•Rochester, NY

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Principal exhibits and utilizes professional knowledge in an effective manner. This role involves assisting in personnel selection and assignment, demonstrating knowledge of curriculum, leading curriculum development, implementing district-approved curriculum, administering student progress monitoring, analyzing data to improve teaching and learning, utilizing test results for program improvement, demonstrating personal growth through professional activities, and evaluating progress toward instructional goals. The Principal also utilizes effective strategies for instructional staff supervision, building a community of student learners, acting as a role model, implementing orientation programs, demonstrating prudent risk-taking, administering school budgets, and establishing teacher evaluation programs. Planning and preparation include developing administrative procedures, making decisions based on research, promoting community resource incorporation, maintaining records, establishing safety and security arrangements, supervising health and guidance services, supervising budget preparation and expenditures, ensuring accurate report preparation, and monitoring student activity accounts. Effective human relation skills are crucial for maintaining positive staff morale, engaging in self-critique regarding social biases, interacting with parent groups, encouraging parent involvement, providing orientation for staff, and demonstrating fair and equitable treatment. The Principal also effectively interacts with students by establishing high expectations, maintaining discipline, providing supervision at events, allowing student input, understanding student needs, and demonstrating fair treatment. Communication involves defining and promoting school philosophy, implementing progress reporting, communicating effectively orally and in writing, supporting management decisions and board policies, and providing systematic two-way communication. Time management includes developing schedules, establishing rules for instructional time, and completing tasks on time. Other responsibilities include performing tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Requirements

Ability to read, write and interpret documents such as curriculum guides, budgets, test results, labor contracts, grant applications, statutes and policies.
Ability to understand and generate written memorandums, employee evaluations, and correspondence with business and public contacts.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively to individuals and groups.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to potentially technical situations.
Ability to establish priority ordering of tasks necessary to complete a project and convey these understandings and priorities to others.
Ability to employ logical sequencing, trouble-shooting, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Masters Degree.
Three (3) years of appropriate teaching experience.
Minimum of three (3) years of leadership experience as a school administrator.
Holds New York State Certification for School Administrator/Supervisor (SAS), School Building Leader (SBL) or School District Administrator (SDA).
Must have a working knowledge of computers and their capabilities

Nice To Haves

Previous experience as an Assistant Principal/building leader preferred

Responsibilities

Assist in the selection and assignment of personnel based on knowledge of ability, qualifications, past performance and school needs.
Demonstrate a knowledge of District and school curriculum.
Lead curriculum development activities providing opportunities and encouragement for increased staff program expertise and involvement.
Implement the District approved curricular scope and sequence in the school setting.
Administer systematic and effective methods of objectively monitoring student progress.
Demonstrate a knowledge of multiple measures of data (demographic, perception, school process and student learning) analysis and how to use the information to improve teaching and learning in order to obtain positive results.
Utilize test results in analyzing program effectiveness and identifying areas needing improvement.
Demonstrate continued personal growth through participation in professional activities and organizations.
Evaluate progress toward instructional goals and objectives and make needed adjustments.
Provide leadership in identifying and solving issues and problems facing the profession.
Effectively supervise the instructional performance of the professional staff through frequent and ongoing observation and evaluation.
Provide assistance to the professional staff in building an effective community of student learners that promote citizenship.
Act as role model for expected staff behavior by demonstrating leadership, management, and instructional skills.
Implement an effective orientation program for newly assigned personnel.
Demonstrate prudent risk taking and vision in the interest of school improvement.
Administer school budget(s) in accordance with system regulations and board policies and legal requirements.
Establish and clearly communicate program of teacher evaluation.
Develop and implement administrative procedures consistent with federal law, state school law, state board of education and local school board policy.
Make decisions in consideration of alternatives, consequences, and applicable research.
Promote the incorporation of community resources in the school programs.
Provide for the maintenance of accurate and current personnel, student, and fiscal records.
Establish and/or maintain safety and security arrangements for school plant facilities and equipment.
Supervise health, guidance, and attendance services to insure the humane treatment of all students.
Supervise the preparation of accurate budgets and effectively monitor expenditures.
Ensure the accurate and efficient preparation of required district reports and requisitions.
Monitor and audit student activity accounts.
Develop and maintain a positive staff morale.
Engage in ongoing, courageous, and honest process of self-critique and self-awareness to identify and examine their own patterns and others patterns of unintentional and intentional social biases.
Personally interact with parent groups to promote positive school-community relations.
Encourage parent visits and involvement in school activities.
Differentiate ways to encourage and increase parental involvement.
Provide appropriate orientation and induction programs for teachers and staff members.
Demonstrate fair and equitable treatment of all teachers, staff, and students.
Establish high expectations for student achievement that are directly communicated to students.
Maintain adequate student discipline through the implementation of a fair and effective discipline code.
Provide for adequate supervision and acceptable student behavior at all sanctioned and sponsored events.
Encourage and allow students and student organizations to give meaningful and appropriate input to the operation of the school.
Demonstrate an understanding of students and the diversity of their needs.
Define, articulate and promote the internalization of a schools philosophy.
Implement an effective method of reporting student progress.
Communicate effectively both orally and in writing with various elements of the school community.
Effectively communicate and support the management team decisions and school board policies.
Provide for systematic, two-way communication with teachers, staff and the community.
Ensure the student and teacher schedules are developed which promote school objectives and minimize conflict.
Establish clear rules and expectations for the use of time allocated to instruction.
Complete assigned tasks on time.
Perform other such tasks and assume such other responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor.